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Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Jae-myung declared his candidacy for the party leader, saying, 'I will change everything except the Democratic Party'.

He emphasized the will to break through head-on, saying, 'I will take the responsibility for defeat in the presidential election with actions, not words' and 'there is no legal risk'.



This is reporter Eom Min-jae.



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Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Jae-myung cast his vote for the party's representative election by saying that he would stake his political future.



[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party Member: I know too well that it is a risky choice in terms of personal political history.

I will entrust all of my political future to the collective intelligence of the people.]



He said he was responsible for the defeat in the last presidential and local elections, but he vowed to repay that responsibility by winning the general election two years later by creating a winning Democratic Party.



Then he said he would change everything except the Democratic Party until he said he became a citizen.



Daejang-dong and Seongnam FC denounced the 'judicial risk' related to the police investigation, such as suspicions of donations.



[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party lawmaker: The people's power accuses them, and the prosecutors investigate it and call it a 'judicial risk'.

After 3 years and 6 months of investigation, there was a confiscated and searched show to investigate the case again...

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As if conscious of factions within the party such as pro-Moon, Rep. Lee promised unified politics, saying that there would be no general election nominations and massacres against certain factions.



However, right after the press conference, Pro-Lee Nak-yeon-gye Seol-hoon declared his candidacy with the theory of Lee Jae-myung responsible.



[Seol-hoon/Democratic Rep.: Although they suffered devastating defeats in the presidential and branch elections, they are only evading responsibility without reflecting or innovating.]



Only nine party representative candidates including 4 members of the 97 group and former non-chairman Park Ji-hyeon, who are scheduled to register as candidates despite being denied the candidacy .



The Democratic Party will hold a preliminary primary on the 28th to confirm the three party representative candidates who will compete in the main primary in August.